Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

1 review

wogslandwriter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I first read this book as a child when it was published and it was thrilling, exciting and new and interesting. I just reread it as an adult and it filled me with the same emotions. There are pieces of the world building that are, perhaps, too simplistic or simply unimaginative, but the overall scope of the story and prose with which it is delivered more than make up for it's flaws. This book is a phenomenal installment in the series and my favorite of the four books. It has many intense and dramatic scenes that I have not even seen the like of and think about often.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Death, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Animal death, Gore, and Hate crime

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Torture

This is a high fantasy book with lots of battles and sword fights. The battles have some graphic and gorey descriptions. The same goes for some of the meals that Sapphira, the dragon eats. There is also racial tension between the humans and other non-human groups which gets violent at times. There is a lot of deaths and injury to main and side characters.